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Brilliant_Rock
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Hi John
You would have to look at the stone in order to make an identification possible, that being said it looks a lot like a fluorite crystal what do you think?
I''m really trying not to touch this one, Ira. The quips are just waiting...waiting...waitingDate: 8/29/2007 12:20:07 AM
Author: Regular Guy
guys...let''s get real.
It''s not a diamond at all...
it''s just a very cleverly disguised rabbit.
Date: 8/28/2007 12:01:39 PM
Author: stebbo
Really brings home how light diamonds are, 70 grams for the size of a coconut! I'd guess a real coconut would be 10 times heavier.
Trying to balance the credibility scales after the first authority who weighed in maybe?Date: 8/29/2007 7:50:47 PM
Author: CaptAubrey
...they've apparently felt it necessary to ask WFDB president Ernest Blom to identify the stone.
This stems from the very logical idea that if a person weighs the same as a duck, then that person is made of wood (because both ducks and wood float in water). And since wood burns (just like witches) then that person must be a witch, because witches are made of wood.
Therefore, the accused person(s) would be placed on a scale next to a duck, and if they balanced, the person(s) would be burned.
Yes, there are the five...no...three questions to be concerned about, no doubt.Date: 8/29/2007 8:37:18 PM
Author: risingsun
Therefore, the so-called diamond is either a duck, a witch or a piece of wood. I rest my case
AaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhDate: 8/29/2007 11:16:31 PM
Author: Regular Guy
Yes, there are the five...no...three questions to be concerned about, no doubt.Date: 8/29/2007 8:37:18 PM
Author: risingsun
Therefore, the so-called diamond is either a duck, a witch or a piece of wood. I rest my case
Don't tempt meDate: 9/1/2007 11:17:02 AM
Author: JohnQuixote
Update: 'I never said it was a diamond'
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2173646,00.html
<< Inundated with calls and e-mails over the discovery, Jolly said he was perplexed over the criticism generated by media commentators. 'All I said was that I had a stone. I don't know if it's a diamond, I certainly never said it was,' Jolly said. >>
(brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin)
Date: 8/29/2007 8:19:03 PM
Author: JohnQuixote
A week? We''ll have a whole movie quoted by then.
It''s just a fleshwound!!Date: 9/1/2007 6:43:51 PM
Author: Regular Guy
Well, he does for 4 and 1/2 minutes anyway.
John could be right...
Date: 8/29/2007 8:19:03 PM
Author: JohnQuixote
A week? We''ll have a whole movie quoted by then.
Run away! Run away!Date: 9/1/2007 11:17:25 PM
Author: Garry H (Cut Nut)
come back and i''ll bite yure b....y arms off
If it was a genuine Diamond..., it be splashed all over the media!!!Date: 9/15/2007 8:31:15 AM
Author: crypto-ffm
although the topic seems to be ''dead'', i just wanna add something about this notorious crystal. i''ve made an enlargement of the pic from the bbc online article. some of the articles i read about the ''biggest diamond'' mentioned that the crystal''s shape would resemble the octahedron shape of a diamond. However, when i looked at the bbc-picture, i had that impression that something''s wrong with the shape. at the first glance, it looks like an octahedron, but only if one looks at the upper side. the lower side however, seems not to fit this shape.
Now, if you reflect upon the enlarged picture, you can see the reason: it''s like an optical illusion. if you look from ''above'', the crystal looks like two pyramids put together, but if you look at it from ''below'' it''s different - there seems to be a notch in one side. i''m not sure about the crystal''s real shape, but it doesn''t look like an octahedron